Here’s a look at the top girls bowlers in the NewsTribune area for the 2025-26 season.

Marquette softball won a wild one at Newark thanks to six Kelsey Cuchra RBIs, with other area winners including Streator, Ottawa Dwight and Fieldcrest baseball. That and more in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball team kept its strong start to the season going Monday, as the Cru scored 11 times in the second inning and finished with 21 total hits in a 21-1 victory in five innings over host Newark.

Introducing the 2025-26 All-BCR Boys Basketball Team, featuring players from Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede.

The Putnam County Public Library District’s Granville Branch invites the public to attend a free screening of “Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 31.

The Mendota High School District 280 Board of Education announced a number of personnel moves that are to take effect in the 2026-27 school year, according to documents from a closed and executive session.

The Mendota City Council approved the closures and gave the organizers of the race extra time on the front end of the event for set up and coordination.

The Putnam County Public Library District’s Granville Branch invites the public to join a Citizen Science project, “Do NASA Live – Cloudspotting on Mars,” at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 2.

Here's a look at the season ahead for the Streator and Ottawa boys tennis programs.

Princeton looks to build off the success of last year’s regional finalists, falling to Mendota 1-0. Olivia Sandoval and Bella Clevenger are both working their way up PHS’ top 10 goals list. DePue-Hall looks to improve while St. Bede launches a JV program